Speakers at Explore
Speakers give key lectures and/or presentations and advice as workshop panel members.
A sample of some of the speakers joining us at Explore 2011 is below.
Tom Allen
Tom has undertaken bicycle journeys through more than 30 countries. He prefers to ride far from the beaten track, which has taken him on adventures in less-visited parts of the world including Ethiopia, Yemen and Sudan.
Gill Akhtar
Gill is a committee member of the Balkans Peace Park Project (UK), a charity which aims to help the people of the remote mountain communities of Albania, Kosovo/a and Montenegro to make a living through eco-tourism.
Sarah Batten
Sarah works with the Land Rover Experience as the Lead Instructor in the Training and Development department.
Olly Bray
Olly is a national adviser for learning and technology futures. He has a particular interest in use of new media in teaching.
Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop www.digitalexplorer.com
Jamie is the director of Digital Explorer, an organisation that aims to enhance young people's emotional engagement in the wider world. He is a member of the RGS-IBG Council.
Simon Carr www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/carrs.html
A Lecturer in Geography at Queen Mary University, Simon specialises in climatic and geomorphological modelling.
Phil Coates
Phil is a remote location filmmaker and photographer who has worked on assignment in challenging and extreme environments across the globe.
Chris Coe www.tpoty.com
Chris runs the Photo Iconic series of photography and digital imaging courses in the UK. He is founder of the international Travel Photographer of the Year.
Luce Choules www.mappalogue.com
Luce, a fine art landscape photographer, documents experiences of journeys through a collection of written and visual details. Luce is the managing director of design studio Chalet Alpin.
Dan Darley www.northpolechallenge.co.uk
In 2010 Dan completed the North Pole Challenge, walking 500 miles in 58 days.
Helen Findlay www.catlinarcticsurvey.com
Helen’s research focuses on the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on marine ecosystems. She has coordinated several fieldwork expeditions to the Canadian High Arctic alongside the Catlin Arctic Survey.
Alexandra Foley
Alexandra specializes in strategic communications for international expeditions and adventure challenges.
Morgan Gibson
Morgan is a recent Geology and Physical Geography graduate from the University of Edinburgh and now working as a 'freelance academic' for the year; disseminating the results from the Brathay Exploration Club's 2011 expedition to the Tunsberg glacier in Norway.
Paul Goodyer www.nomadtravel.co.uk
Paul is the CEO of Nomad Travellers Store and Medical Centres.
Dr Andy Grieve
Andy is a RAF GP Registrar, with particular expertise in wilderness and expedition medicine.
Dominic Hall www.fieldskills.com
Dominic runs Fieldskills UK, providing training and logistical support for expeditioners both in the UK and in North Borneo.
Alastair Humphreys www.alastairhumphreys.com
After graduating in 2001, Alastair cycled around the world. His journey covered 46,000 miles, 60 countries and 5 continents. He is now preparing for SOUTH, the first unsupported return journey to the South Pole.
Tori James
Tori's team, the Pink Lady PoleCats, became the first ever all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a grueling 360 mile race to the magnetic North Pole.
Scotty Johnson
Sixteen weeks in Svalbard as a 19 year old gave Scotty a passion for combining education and adventure. He divides his time between running youth expeditions, independent adventures, and people development events for business teams.
Mark Kalch www.markkalch.com
Mark is a professional explorer, adventurer and expedition paddler. He is currently taking part in a series of expeditions as part of his 7 rivers, 7 continents project.
Alexander Kumar
Alex is a trainee doctor who has worked and conducted health research in the Arctic, India, Israel, Brazil and joined expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon and Tanzania.
Jane Labous
Writer, broadcaster and recipient of the 2011 Journey of a Lifetime Award. Jane documented the lives of the Mali sand diggers for a recent BBC Radio 4 documentary.
Peter Long
Peter works as a research fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.
Sam Maynard
Sam is Executive Producer, Head of US Factual with RAW TV. He has made programmes for National Geographic as well as the Discovery Channel.
James Moore
James is a specialist in Travel and Expedition Medicine and Director of Travel Health Consultancy. As an expedition medic he has worked across the globe, from the jungles of Borneo and to the mountains of Ethiopia.
Duncan Milligan
Duncan runs Tour de Force, an adventure logistics company.
Lynn Morris www.atlanticrising.org
Journalist Lynn Morris is director of an environmental education charity, Atlantic Rising. She travelled around the edge of the Atlantic Ocean documenting the effects of sea level rise on coastal communities.
Tim Moss www.thenextchallenge.org
Tim is director of The Next Challenge. He currently organises logistics for Sarah Outen’s human powered trip around the world.
Dr Gareth Mottram
Gareth’s research has focused on the development of new methodology for mapping forest fire intensity and severity in the boreal zone. He is currently working on GPS solutions for expedition mapping and research projects.
Dr Mark Mulligan
Mark is a Reader in Geography at King’s College London. He works extensively with GIS and remote sensing in field research. He is a member of the RGS-IBG Expeditions and Fieldwork Committee and RGS-IBG Mapping Unit.
Professor Adrian Parker
Adrian is a geographer / archaeologist specialising in desert geomorphology, geoarchaeology and climatic change in the sub-tropics.
Charlie Paton
Ex-Royal Marine and ex-biathlete, Charlie Paton's years in the service gave him experience and expertise covering some of the world's most extreme environments. He has trekked thousands of kilometres across the Arctic Ocean and has stood on the Geographical North Pole a total of 8 times.
Louisa Richmond-Coggan
Louisa graduated with a MSc in Conservation Biology from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University and Kent (2006). She is currently undertaking a PhD at Nottingham Trent University investigating the density and distribution of brown hyaena in South Africa.
Paul Rose
Paul is the Society's Vice-President representing Expeditions and Fieldwork. Paul works for the BBC Science and Factual department. His most recent credits include 'Britain's Secret Seas'.
Ninette Rowland
Ninette led a research expedition to Madagascar, conducting baseline biodiversity research to inform local conservation initiatives. She has since co-ordinated a second expedition.
Dominic Rowland www.brinccexpedition.org
Dominic’s research interests are in EcoHealth, the anthropology and sociology of health in indigenous communities and rights based approaches to conservation.
Amelia Russell www.northpolechallenge.co.uk
Amelia completed the North Pole challenge in April 2010, becoming the first British woman to reach the North Pole unsupported.
Ivan Scales
Ivan is a lecturer in Human Geography at St. Caatherine's College, Cambridge. His work focuses on tropical deforestation, community based conservaation and rural livelihoods in Africa.
Nick Smith
Nick is the editor of the Explorers Journal and columnist on Outdoor Photography Magazine.
Oliver Steeds
Oliver Steeds is an explorer and investigative journalist. He reports for 'Unreported Worlds' and 'Dispatches'. Olly is also a Director of Digital Explorer.
Richard Teeuw
Richard is a lecturer in applied geomorphology and remote sensing at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Portsmouth University.
Emma Thomson
Formerly Commissioning Editor at Bradt Travel Guides, Emma is a freelance travel writer and photographer who writes for international magazines, newspapers and publishers.
Geordie Torr www.geographical.co.uk
Editor of Geographical Magazine. Geordie has travelled to more than 40 countries and his articles and photographs have appeared in publications worldwide.
Craig Turner
Craig Turner is currently working as a Conservation Biologist with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), working on the EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct Globally Endangered) programme.
Tim van Berkel www.heartofborneo.org
Tim is founder and Scientific Director of the Heart of Borneo Project, a charity established to continue the research and education work of the Murung Raya Expedition. He has researched in over 20 countries across Asia, Europe, South America and Africa.
Keith Wilson
Keith is best known as the founder of Outdoor Photography, the UK's leading magazine dedicated to landscape, nature, adventure and travel photography.
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